This is as parties such as the ANC in the North West missed out on the submission process of its candidate lists. 

The ANC’s Interim Provincial Committee (IPC) Coordinator, Hlomani Chauke, told OFM News that the fault was with the IEC. Chauke said the fault lied squarely with the IEC and the issue had nothing to do with the party because they did their due diligence. The decision by the IEC to reopen the candidate nomination process follows after a recent Constitutional Court order which determined that the elections cannot be postponed, but rather be held by no later than 1 November.

Following this judgment by the ConCourt, the IEC then argued that the judgment opened a process for them of formulating a new election timetable, which meant everything will be restarted, including the nomination of candidate lists, amongst others.

Certain ANC wards in various municipalities in the province failed to submit the correct list of its candidates.

The ANC in the Free State and Northern Cape are in the clear as all candidate lists were submitted on time without any incidents. The actions by the IEC then propelled the DA to launch a court bid with the Concourt, to challenge the IEC. The party labelled the IEC’s decision as unfair and wanted the decision to be overturned.

OFM News